Grateful for Festivals: China Now!

Living in Toronto, we have the opportunity to attend festivals over the weekend. I have often been grateful for these as they give us the opportunity to take the children out for a relatively inexpensive day. Often the shows are free and the food on offer does not cost too much. In addition to the festivals being a cheap form of entertainment, they also expose us to new cultures and skills.

The most recent festival we attended was the China Now! festival. At this festival we had the opportunity to see artisans who were visiting from China. What I did not expect to see was an old woman cutting paper. She sat quietly next to her table moving her scissors gently through the paper she held in her hand.

At times she would sit with her hands in her lap in order to rest them and look at the people who were passing by. Looking at the paper on her table, I realised that she was cutting more than one sheet of paper at a time. I then understood how her hands could ache with effort.

I am grateful that the children get an opportunity to try out something that is linked to what we are experiencing at the Harbourfront festivals. At this particular festival, they had the opportunity to do a little paper cutting of their own.

Afterwards my girls proudly brought home the horses that they had cut out of paper. As always after a day spent at a festival, we came home happy that we had gone out a little and spent some time seeing something new.

Paper cutting intrigues me. It seems harder than drawing or painting. I’d say I’m most grateful for a good summer and opportunities to meet up with friends I haven’t seen for months and for a chance to do a lot of writing.

It’s lovely to find that our kids are grateful for the simple things in life Colline. Crafts- I love them! I have entered the challenge today, WordPress was down for a while for sky internet customers today, so I hope you can see my post. 🙂

I’ve looked at arts last weekend as well. But these one is awesome. The very first finished product you showed really astounded and impressed me! I love the different patterns you can decipher in it. I see flowers, people, fish, and other animals. Really awesome!